Sunday Schwing! Darren Criss

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Saturday Sinema: Starlight

Iggy Pop and I sat naked next to each other in the steam room at the gym once...the more you know.

Cleopatra Entertainment LLC, the movie division of famed indie record label Cleopatra Records, has acquired all domestic rights to Starlight, a feature film by French film maker Sophie Blondy, coming to Blu-ray and VOD on May 9th.

Set in the dunes near the North Sea, a small circus company is suffering from a serious lack of audience for their shows. Spectators are rare but the magic of the circus still thrives.

Each performer rehearses and performs new numbers, but this fragile balance will quickly shatter to unveil their real nature and their most obscure feelings. The circus will then become a place of romantic lust where each will use their powers to satisfy their desires.

Angele, the diaphanous ballerina, her clown lover Elliot and the circus ringmaster, full of cruelty and disturbed by fits of schizophrenia on one side. Zohra in love with Elliot, haunted by an uncanny conscience on the other side. Secrets, jealousy, envy will progressively take hold of them and trigger some irreversible acts. The life of the circus will then take a whole new turn. Iggy Pop appears throughout the film as an "angel" type character.

Starlight was selected and screened at Tallinn - Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia, 2013), Montreal World Film Festival (Canada, 2013), Moscow - International Film Festival (Russia, 2013), Rendez-vous with New French Cinema in Rome (2013), and at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Netherlands, 2013).

Starlight is available at the MVD Shop and on Amazon, as well as other retailers.

Blondy has worked on several films and with talent such as Andrzej Zulawski, Bruno Nuytten, and Tran Anh Hung. In 2000, she directed her first short film Her & Him At the 14th Floor filmed in Amiens with Guillaume Depardieu. 

Star Crossed - Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell

Starstruck
Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell

They've been together for thirty, count em' thirty years and now the both received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, what else, together.

Yes, Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell are now literally star crossed lovers. With Goldie returning to the silver screen in Snatched next Friday and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 with Kurt dropping today, well PR is the name of the game and what better way to gain it than a duel star ceremony for the two love birds.

I think they are both terrific! Me personally? I am looking forward to Snatched because I am a big fan of Goldie's - while I also like Kurt I'm not really into things like Guardians of the Galaxy, alas I will not be attending it. Hey with the box office take that movie will have I'm sure they won't miss me not buying a ticket.

So here is your Feel Good Friday image to kick off the weekend, courtesy of one of Hollywood's most enduring couples. Smiles everyone, smiles!!!

Goldie on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/officialgoldiehawn/?hl=en

Kurt on IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000621/  

Michael's Musings

Step Away From The Food
Michael Shinafelt

Weekly update. I lost ten, count them ten pounds over this past week. Why am I telling you this? Because I am very proud of it, so there.

I also need to be held accountable. Thus if I tell all of you, then I can't fuck it up. Moving on let's get to my weekly outlet. Oh yeah!

I don't fuck much with the past, why bother

Lying is the most fun you can have without taking off your clothes. That's why I am losing weight I need to find a new hobby.

Whenever I think: can people get any dumber, the answer is always "yes"...sigh.

Trumpelestiltskin

Oh Yeah, The Met Gala 

Congratulations To
Traci Lords

Traci Lords is celebrating the 1 year anniversary of her clothing line with Pin-Up Girl. Congratulations Grrrrrrrrrl! 

I'm in a Pennywise state of mind

Smoking in the girls room - Bella Hadid & Rami Malek. Grody to the max!

J-Lo & A-Rod, hot as fuck

Mike Clifford rulz!

R.I.P. Ms Francine York

Has anyone ever wondered why they call something made out of beef a hamburger?

OK, I give in...May the 4th be with you. Happy now?!

Use it, or lose it, with me at:

https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/mshinafelt?lang=en    

W.O.W! Plasmatics!

Remember Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics? I sure do!!!

The rare Wendy O. Williams / Plasmatics live footage in this DVD has, in the main, never been released before. 

During the early years Plasmatics creator Rod Swenson, who directed and shot all the Wendy O. / Plasmatics conceptual videos (AKA known for his footage of the Ramones, Dead Boys, Blondie, and Motorhead among others) shot numerous Plasmatics shows the footage from which was never edited or released. Except for some short excerpts most of it until the discovery of this footage was thought to be lost or degraded (shot on tape which has been shown as with audio tape to degrade over time).

Recently during the moving of WOW / Plasmatics archive material the footage here was found unlabeled in buried boxes. While much had degraded producer / director Randy Shooter was able to discover, relabel, and with additional editing and restoration, salvage the rare and remarkable footage in this DVD. A lot of it is raw (and much of the audio is the audio from ambient video deck mics, noise and all) but the energy and power is there straight through.

The material includes two tracks from CBGBs the first of which was among the first Plasmatics shows ever as well as other footage from benchmark shows. A bonus track (Monkey Suit) features footage shot by Swenson when he was shooting the iconic album cover for "New Hope for the Wretched," but never released.

This item can be pre-ordered via MVD Shop or on Amazon

Mike Clifford Is "Wonderful"

Everything Is Wonderful
Mike Clifford

Have you heard the latest buzz?! Former Teen Idol Mike Clifford of Close To Cathy fame is back! It's totally true, he has a new single and video out. What is it you are asking?! It's a ballad and a dance cover of  Louis Armstrong's classic What A Wonderful World.

While I know many of you are beleaguered in these, shall we say, interesting times...OK trying ones, there is still so much beauty in the world to appreciate and pay attention to. Mike is here to tell you 10 things that still make this a wonderful world!

1. Friends & Family
2. Research For All Diseases
3. Firefighters & Paramedics 
4. Pets Of All Kinds
5. Doctors & Nurses
6. NASA
7. The Arts (especially music!)
8. The Internet
9. Flowers & Hummingbirds
10. Sunshine 

There you have it from the mouth of Mike. Check out the video for What A Wonderful World after the jump and be sure to find out more about what he is up to now by clicking on the links provided. After all despite certain things, it still really is a wonderful world! 

Keep the wonderful energy flowing with Mike at:
https://www.facebook.com/MikeCliffordsWonderfulWorld/

iTunes Dance -   https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/what-a-wonderful-world-dance-mix-feat-maurice-gainen-single/id1228918273

Ballad -  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/what-wonderful-world-ballad-version-feat-ben-ditosti/id1228921743

Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Mike+Clifford+What+a+wonderful+world

The Glamorous Life

A Feast For The Eyes
Pierce Brosnan & Sharon Stone

Let's kick off May Day as the first of May is affectionately known with a touch of glamour shall we? Well since it is my blog and I'm choosing to do just that, you really have no say in the matter so guess what? We are!

Feast your eyes on one Pierce Brosnan and his female counterpart Sharon Stone. Don't they look smashing and quite glamorous together? Say "yes" because they do. 

They were photographed at a gala for Jeff Koons this past Monday in Los Angeles at MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art for the acronym challenged). 

Makes me wonder why Ms. Stone was never in a Bond movie with Brosnan she would have made quite a formidable, not to mention hot villain. 

File this under: Alternative Facts.

Happy May Day!

Sharon on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/sharonstone/?hl=en

Pierce on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/piercebrosnanofficial/?hl=en